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SECTION B
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water Supply.
The Borough is provided with a domestic water supply
by the Metropolitan Water Board, and samples of the water
are subjected to routine chemical and bacteriological
examinations at the Board's laboratories. The condition
of the water supplied was satisfactory.
337 water supply certificates were granted in accordance
with Section 95 of the Public Health(London)Act 1936.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
The major portion of the work of the Public Health
Department concerns insanitary conditions in dwelling
houses. It has not been found practicable to institute
house-to-house inspections, and normally inspections are
carried out only on complaint, followed where necessary by
re-inspections.
The District Sanitary Inspectors are responsible for
all premises and for the investigation of all complaints
arising within their own areas. The complaints mostly concern
housing defects but also include such matters as nuisances
arising on bomb-sites, nuisances from animals and
complaints concerning noise or annoyance from trade processes.
The District Inspectors are also responsible for the
regular routine inspections of factories, shops, etc., as
opposed to inspection merely on complaint and they are responsible
for duties under the Food & Drugs Acts and the Food
By-laws.
The difficulties which arise in obtaining abatement of
sanitary defects in houses are mainly due to the very high
cost of repairs. There is now very little difficulty over
the shortage of materials, but costs remain as high as ever
and whereas in previous years it was usual to find that a
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